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4 Jan 2011, 2:36 pm by Michael Kaplen
The full text of the letter to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is printed below: The Honorable Jon Leibowitz Chairman Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 12:48 pm
That report—titled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change”—proposed a framework to balance consumer privacy with industry innovation by building privacy protections into everyday business practices (“privacy-by-design”); simplifying privacy choices for consumers; and improving transparency with clearer, shorter privacy notices.Consumer Choice Mechanisms“Do Not Track is no longer just a concept, it is becoming a reality,” said FTC… [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 9:01 pm
In a statement released this afternoon, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz called the revised guidelines “a clear and systematic description of the techniques the FTC and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice use to review mergers, and a document that has received bi-partisan and unanimous support from the Commission. [read post]
17 Feb 2012, 12:33 pm
"Companies that operate in the mobile marketplace provide great benefits, but they must step up to the plate and provide easily accessible, basic information so that parents can make informed decisions about the apps their kids use," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in a statement.The FTC noted that the various app stores create their own age ratings and that these guidelines are often not consistent. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 11:14 pm
The always-entertaining Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz spoke about social networking sites. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 9:43 am
  FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz commented on the Report that "[i]f companies adopt our final recommendations for best practices – and many of them already have – they will be able to innovate and deliver creative new services that consumers can enjoy without sacrificing their privacy. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 5:10 pm
- Commissioner Jon Leibowitz, Federal Trade Commission (opening remarks) - danah boyd, UC Berkeley - Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University - Chris Kelly, Facebook - Daniel Solove, GWU Law School BREAKOUT SESSIONS 2:30 pm Get A Virtual Life: Policy Issues Facing Online Worlds & Game Spaces? [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 6:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
"Facebook is obligated to keep the promises about privacy that it makes to its hundreds of millions of users," said Jon Leibowitz, Chairman of the FTC. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 6:37 am by Hunton & Williams LLP
In his introductory remarks, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz indicated his support for Do Not Track stating, “Simply put, your computer is your property; no one has the right to put anything on it that you don’t want. [read post]
16 May 2011, 8:33 am by Ronnie London
  Jon Leibowitz, Chairman of the FTC warned:  “Whether you are a virtual world, a social network, or any other interactive site that appeals to kids,” operators must “provide proper notice and get proper consent” from parents. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 2:27 am
Ranking Republican Member Joe Barton (Texas) unsuccessfully opposed the amendment, saying that it was wise to keep the Department of Justice in the process as a check on the FTC.FTC Reaction FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz issued a statement, lauding the Committee's passage of the bill. [read post]
17 Jul 2012, 9:52 pm by Aaron Barkoff
RELATED READING: GPhA press release Statement by FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz Thomson Reuters News & Insight Washington Post article WSJ Law Blog [read post]
8 Feb 2013, 6:53 am by David Munkittrick
  If such disclosures do not materialize, FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said to reporters in a teleconference discussing the report, the mobile industry may face regulatory or legislative mandates. [read post]
12 May 2010, 3:49 pm
“Tim Muris provided inspired service to the Federal Trade Commission and to the American public,” FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said, citing Muris’s contributions and the agency’s mission to protect consumers and encourage competition. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 7:59 pm by John Watts & M. Stan Herring
To have a major loan servicer like Countrywide piling on illegal and excessive fees is indefensible,” said FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. [read post]
26 Nov 2012, 9:30 pm by Lauren-Kelly Devine
 Representing the largest civil penalty ever imposed for an FTC violation, the fine is the latest in a series of FTC enforcement actions for online privacy issues and is one that the FTC Chair Jon Leibowitz hopes will “send a message” to other companies to be more mindful of privacy issues. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 12:58 pm by Robbie L. Vaughn, Esq.
“At a time when many Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages, peddlers of so-called mortgage relief services have taken hundreds of millions of dollars from hundreds of thousands of homeowners without ever delivering results,” FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said. [read post]
20 Mar 2015, 6:51 am
Indeed, when then-Chairman Jon Leibowitz announced the FTC’s decision not to bring suit, he specifically addressed those lobbying efforts and denied that they had an influence. [read post]
11 Jun 2012, 8:05 pm by Al Saikali
  FTC Chairman, Jon Leibowitz, recommended that “[c]ompanies should take a hard look at their systems to ensure that there are no unauthorized P2P file-sharing programs and that authorized programs are properly configured and secure. [read post]